Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1912 — “NIGHT SWEATS” A WARNING [ARTICLE]

“NIGHT SWEATS” A WARNING

Proof of Disorder In the Alimentary Canal, According to John Nelson Qoltra, A. M, M. D. The "night sweats” which come ou some times in the early stages of con sumption are due, not to the presence' of the tubercle bacilli in the lungs, but to the absorption of poisons from the disordered canal. . The proofs of,this statement are, ’fe|t l that the night sweats sometimes oijfcuf.when there is ho other evidence of tuberculous 'infection, and secondly, that when the Intestinal tract is thoroughly purified the nighC jfcg&ts i wUl invariably stop. If after- that the strength is carefully, and good* fresh air la admitted to the htogs |Jght and dayvand a wholesome and varied diet corauing only small proportions of protlfids (lean meat,v white of egg and cheese), but plenty of starches and sugars, and a moderate amount of fats is supplied,' the. snas.'^eT 10 . 0 ™ But if, as usually happens, unfortunately, the digestive errors are hot corrected, the sweating and the wasta; & ss poisoning from the lungs, and by ixe